| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.144 | the canon. Keep it not; you cannot choose but loose by't. | the Cannon. Keepe it not, you cannot choose but loose by't. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.26 | Against the hospitable canon, would I | Against the hospitable Canon, would I |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.90.2 | 'Twas from the canon. | 'Twas from the Cannon. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.132 | His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. O God, God, | His Cannon 'gainst Selfe-slaughter. O God, O God! |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.55 | Of basilisks, of cannon, culverin, | Of Basiliskes, of Canon, Culuerin, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.426 | And cancel every canon that prescribes | And cancell euery cannon that prescribes, |
| King John | KJ II.i.180 | The canon of the law is laid on him, | The Canon of the Law is laide on him, |
| King John | KJ II.i.382 | Their battering cannon charged to the mouths, | Their battering Canon charged to the mouthes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.251 | proclaimed edict and continent canon, which with – O, with – | proclaymed Edict and Continet, Cannon: Which with, ô with, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.30 | cannon will shoot point-blank twelve score. He pieces | Canon will shoot point-blanke twelue score: hee peeces |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.55 | To such a favourite's glass? What canon is there | To such a Favorites glasse: What Cannon is there |